millennium
Peaceful transition
New York
Sao Paulo
Utrecht
Kiev
Shanghai
Hong Kong
8 What's NewS Issue 1 January/February 2000
Everyone worked hard, thcn held their
breath. On this transition into the new
millennium... nothing happencd. The
lights still burned, the trains still ran, the
computers failed to shut down. If ever
there was a time when 'no news is good
news', this was it. As the midnight hour
Theo Laan and Hans Smits monitoring the
arrival of the millennium around the world
Cool under pressure: our New York team takes
a break for the last picture of 1999. Standing -
Bruce Meurer, Tim Tsai, John Gennity,
Max McGrath, Eddie Martinez, Chris Huang;
seated - Dan Walsh, Luis Arzu
Kiev's International Banking staff toasts the
the new millennium. Pictured, left to right, are:
back - Rostyslav Issakov, Yevhen Prokopenko,
Bodgan Podgorniy, Rodolphe Evangelisti,
Victor Chaban, Alexander Polozov; middle -
Tetyana Nizhelska, Tetiana Pryimachenko,
Maria Domanska, Valentina Dodonova,
Sergiy Scherbyna, Natalia Mikitchenko,
Natalia Moroz; seated - Marco Montanari,
Alexey Fedotov, Alexander Boyko, Denis Kireev
Our Hong Kong team celebrates during the
early morning of I January. Above, left to
right, are: back - Michael Ng, Sunny Cheung,
Stan Lee, Derrick Tang, Billy Wong, Joseph Pan,
David Kwan, Norman Loo; front - Daniël
Chan, Brian Tsang, Simon Liu, Benjamin Wong,
Johnny Choi, Charles Tai, Thomas Cheung,
Joe Ho, and Dennis Foo. Pictured below:
David Kwan, Sunny Cheung, Carol Chu,
Christine Ng, Salina Law, Cooby Wong
swept across the globe front cast to west
and messages poured into our headquar-
ters command post, it grew progressively
more evident that all of us throughout the
Rabobank network did our jobs welk The
skies killed with fireworks explosions,
there was the diversion of laser shows and
rivers of champagne, and the night passed
into the first day of the New Year without
a single serious mishap anywhere in the
R1 network. One way or another, virtually
every Rabobanker contributed to this
successful effort, from those who spent
months meticulously troubleshooting to
the others who stood by 'on call' against
the possibility that something might go
wrong. Lest anyone feel a sense of anti
climax, there is still one last hurdle ahead:
the second transition phase. But we'll get
to that in a minute: on this page we
record the images of a job well done.
Working around the doek in Shanghai.
Standing in the back row are Han Jiang, Jutta
Zhu, Wang Jiao Feng, Shawn Xue, Cindy Chen,
Carol Gong, Philip Xu, Peter Zhou, K.M. Lee,
Zhao Ming; middle - Yangtze Jiang, Irene Liu,
Jana Cai, Fanny Sang, Chris Mao, Kim
Pijnenburg; front - Maggie Long, Cap Chan
Welcoming the New Year, the Sao Paulo team
is all smiles. Back - André Oliviera, Leandro
Silva, Roberto Lopez-Ramirez, Alexandre Smid,
Claudio Figueiredo, Carlos Pereira, Mario Pina,
Macelo Chiovatto; front - Cristiano Garcia,
Luiz Gimenez, Cleide Pilon, Adriana Ventura,
Ana Spessatto, Lindiana Boaventura.
